This ambitious work provides a systematic study of Chinese theories
of reading and writing in intellectual thought and critical
practice. The author maintains that there are two major hermeneutic
traditions in Chinese literature, the politico-moralistic
mainstream and the metaphysico-aesthetical undercurrent. In
exploring the interaction between the two. Ming Dong Gu finds a
movement toward interpretive openness. In this, the Chinese
practice anticipates modern and Western theories of interpretation,
especially literary openness and open poetics. Classic Chinese
works are examined, including the "Zbouyi (the "I Ching or Book of
Changes), the "Shijing (the "Book of Songs or Book of poetry), and
selected poetry; along with the philosophical backgound of the
hermeneutic theories. Ultimately, Gu relates the Chinese practices
of reading to Western hermeneutics offering a cross-cultural
conceptual model for the comparative study of reading and writing
in general.
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